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01/15/2025, 8:52 am EST

Frigid Weather Next Week in U.S.; Zero F Risk Across Great Plains to Northeast

High focus on ERCOT (and everywhere else) for next week’s arctic outbreak. In Texas, the outbreak lasts January 19-24 and peaks on January 21. Texas will add snow and ice storm concern during that time. Note the ECM ENS 6-10-day forecast of <0F risk!

01/15/2025, 8:50 am EST

Australia East Coast Stays Rainy, Expanding Drought North and East-central Australia

The Australia outlook for FEB/MAR/APR 2025 indicates unusually hot and dry climate across northern continent, persistent rains on the East Coast, and marginally hot and dry across Southwest Australia. Drought concern is across the northern and east-central continent plus the interior southeastern region. A fine line exists between wet and dry soil regions away from the coast in the East. The forecast is propelled by ongoing weak La Nina and the marine heat waves on either side of the continent.

01/14/2025, 10:20 am EST

Comparing Next Week’s Cold in Houston to Uri and Elliot Cold Events

The cold weather forecast for early to middle of next week across ERCOT is stronger. Currently, the consensus of all forecast models yields a 3-day event of <32F in Houston with coldest morning at 24F on Jan. 21. By comparison, cold air events Uri (Feb. 14-20, 2021) and Elliot (Dec. 21-26, 2022) were stronger and longer in duration.

01/14/2025, 5:57 am EST

Argentina Dryness to Continue as Soil Conditions Deteriorate

Extremely dry weather has anchored over Northeast Argentina/Southeast Brazil during early-to-middle January and the 10-day rainfall outlook from GFS maintains the dry signature as soil moisture conditions deteriorate rapidly.